UK parliament committee finds evidence that Huawei colludes with Beijing

The British parliament’s defence committee said on Thursday that it had found clear evidence that Chinese giant Huawei had colluded with Beijing.

“The West must urgently unite to advance a counterweight to China’s tech dominance,” Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the defence committee, said. “We must not surrender our national security for the sake of short-term technological development.”

The committee also advised the UK government to remove all its equipment from the 5G network earlier than planned.

Already, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had ordered all of the Huawei tech to be removed from the network by the end of 2027 back in July this year.

The defence committee said it supported Johnson’s decision but said that “developments could necessitate this date being moved forward, potentially to 2025 which could be considered economically feasible.”

Huawei said the report lacked credibility as it did not offer specific evidence of the collusion.

“It is built on opinion rather than fact. We’re sure people will see through these groundless accusations of collusion and remember instead what Huawei has delivered for Britain over the past 20 years,” a Huawei spokesman said according to Reuters.